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A media chief, Mr Chukwuka Nnabuife, has urged practicing journalists in the country to transit from writing short reports of events to writing quality books.
Nnabuife, who is the Managing Director of Anambra Newspapers and Printing Corporation, publishers of National Light Newspapers, said this on Tuesday at the unveiling of his three new books in Awka.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the books include “Homeland Catalysis: More than just Anambra narratives”, “Mbize: Rage of Red Earth in Igbo Land” and “Nigeria Civil War: (1967 -1970): Holes in Our Bubbles”.
Nnabuife, who had been in active journalism for about three decades, said what was needed were “discipline and articulate spirit for a journalist to piece his various works of many years together”.
He said, “Every event was a story, every story was a lead to a book, and with each report, a journalist adds a page to his scripts.
“Journalists are some of the best authors in the world, they have access to exclusive stories and original works, because they have direct encounters with the people and places involved,” he said.
Speaking on the books, Nnabuife said, “Homeland Catalysis: More than just Anambra narratives”, was 728-pages, with three of its seven sections on Anambra and Igbo Land, while “Mbize: Rage of red earth in Igbo land” dwelt on gully erosion devastation in South East.
He said, “Nigeria civil war (1967 -1970): Holes in our bubbles”, was a 184-page reporter’s investigative insight into the three years of the civil war.
“It consists of two parts, which featured accounts by Nigerian Army generals and Biafran Army colonels and war theatre commanders,” he said.
He disclosed that the public presentation of the books would take place at a date to be fixed later.
The author said the three books were his modest contributions to mankind as a writer, social thinker, active journalist and keen articulator of the nation’s contemporary history for posterity.
NAN
– Mar. 23, 2021 @ 18:55 GMT
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